The Week in Pictures

Beautiful sunny day in Manchy!

Keep Calm, Eat a Cupcake :)

Ajloun - Jordan last Friday sent by my sister... Beautiful!

Excuse the picture quality, took  most of them with my phone. xx

Sefton Coast

Here are a few pics from me and Alyazia's visit yesterday to Sefton Coast in North West England for an environmental assessment project, enjoy! x

Earth Hour Jordan 2011

So excited about this!!! This year Jordan will be joining the many other countries of the world in taking part in Earth Hour which will take place on March 26, 2011 8:30 pm. 

Don't mess with Nature is the official contact party for Earth Hour in Jordan! Click here for info on sponsoring the event and for more details on participants and how to join in. Please spread the word!


P.S. Watch the Earth Hour 2011 official video here.

xo,

Anoud 


Images: earthour.org, dontmesswithnature.ning.com

Lazy Sunday Video Post

Mayor Bloomberg explaining how to achieve sustainability in an urban environment like New York:

How climate change is affecting the Pacific island of Kirabati:

UNDP Goodwill Ambassadors Drogba and Zidane on achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals:

Hope everyone is having a more productive day than my Sunday,


Anoud x

Solar Panel Necklace by Mae Yokoyama

How creative and cool is this solar panel necklace by design student Mae Yokoyama?

xo,

Anoud

Image: the coolist.com

Eco-Friendly Fashion Trends

Gretta Monahan shows you how to be both fashionable & green:

xo,

Anoud

My Biotiful Bag

I am absolutely in love with the 'My Biotiful Bag' at the moment! Everything from all the different styles, colours, and the statement behind it is amazing!

Here is the philosophy behind the My Biotiful Bag as stated in their website:

Green is the new black!
A line of accessories for the stylish eco-conscious citizen. Unpretentious, fun and practical bags that go anywhere – to the market or the office, on weekends or sporting occasions, around the city or to the beach. For men and women of all ages.

My biotiful bag is designed between Paris and Miami, with a truly international and modern spirit of environment, community, optimism, and style.
My biotiful bag is organic (“biologique”) because it is made of organic cotton. Our cotton is GOTS-certified (Global Organic Textile Standard).

My biotiful bag is green because all materials used are as natural as possible, recycled, or biodegradable, and our dyes are AZO-free (no heavy metals).

My biotiful bag is ethical because we work with factories that respect local labor laws on working conditions and safety, prohibit child labor, allow unions, and do not discriminate.


My biotiful bag is chic because it is stylish, easy, contemporary, and fun. My biotiful bag respects the environment, and is “biotifully correct”. A new range of wearable easy styles and colors will be introduced each season. The earth-friendly “it-bag” has arrived.

Our mission is to offer a line of fashionable and environmentally friendly accessories in practical and multifunctional styles at affordable prices. We want to make the environment a cleaner and safer place for all, by promoting and supporting organic farming and thereby ensuring safety conditions for those working in the cotton industry, one of the most toxic on the planet. Tens of thousands of deaths each year are directly linked to the cotton industry’s toxic destruction. My biotiful bag will help contribute to making our planet a better place to be. By wearing my biotiful bag, you raise awareness and support for organic cotton in style! Less waste, less pollution, better for the planet, better for the people…

Here's Kim Kardashian with her Biotiful Bag.

The bag comes in six different colours (pink,  orange, red, green, brown, & blue) and six different styles and sizes for different uses. There's the 'Weekend Bag' (in the first picture) and the 'Tote Bag' like Kim's, the 'Potfolio Bag', the 'Messenger Bag', and then the 'Large Flat Pouch' and the 'Small Flat Pouch'. Very practical & stylish that's for sure!

Shop the collection here and check out all the colours and styles.


xo,

Anoud

Images: mybiotifulbag.us, people.com

Green Efforts

Walking around we spotted this in front of a construction site. Check out how POCHIN CONTRACTORS LTD aim to minimise the environmental impact of their site.

Great,

Green Eve x


ALL IMAGES BELONG TO GREEN EVE.

'The Girl Who Silenced the UN for 5 Minutes'

Severn Suzuki's address to the UN back in 1992. Just watch... Amazing!




Green Eve xx

Green Eve Around Manchester

Hey guys! It's Anoud & Alyazia. So here's the story... Today we went down to the city centre after class since the weather was sunny, but very cold won't lie. Then, our usual hyperness kicked in and we decided to take random videos and show you guys around Manchester. I hope we won't regret this post but oh well this is us! Sorry for some parts of the video where you can barely hear us, but it was so windy, as you'll clearly see! So here goes, hope you enjoy :p






Green Eve xx

The World Calls for Egyptian Peace

Peace for Egypt!


Anoud.

Favourite Green Person of the Week

Jillian Granz

Well since the Academy Awards is soon approaching, I thought this post is appropriate!

This week's FGP is not a celebrity nor someone familiar to you all, but she really did earn this spot. I'm talking about Jillian Granz, the first winner of the 2010 Red Carpet Green Dress Contest, which is a contest started by Suzy Amis Cameron, wife of director James Cameron. The contest requires designers to create a gown made from natural, organic, or recycled fabrics. Granz won with her proposal of a zero-waste gown made from Ahmisa silk which is 'derived from cocoons without killing the silkworms inside.' The dress (pictures below) is beautiful and appropriately blue, as Suzy wore it while accompanying her husband to the 2010 Oscars where Avatar won three Oscars. Jillian is a fashion student at Michigan State University and was just 21 when she designed the fabulous dress, wow!

P.S. Check out 'Red Carpet Green Dress' here.

Excited to see this year's winner!

Anoud x

Images: redcarpetgreendress.com, capitalgainsmedia.com, nowmagazine.co.uk, blisstree.com